Project Manager II

FANNIE MAE

THE COMPANY
Fannie Mae exists to expand affordable housing and bring global capital to local communities in order to serve the U.S. housing market. Today, our focus is on preventing foreclosures, making mortgages and rental housing as affordable as possible, and supporting the housing recovery. We are rapidly building and realigning our company to better serve the market as we support the Administration's Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.

Join our dedicated, diverse, high-performing workforce and put your unique talents to good use as we work with our partners to advance our nation's housing recovery.

For more information about Fannie Mae and our career opportunities, please visit www.fanniemae.com

JOB INFORMATION

Under limited supervision, plan, manage, and execute varied software development, customization, or IT systems development projects. Gather information at front end to determine project parameters and specifications, and to budget human, financial and other resources. May provide technical oversight to some staff and track attainment of project milestones. Report on progress and budget expenditures to project owners.

KEY JOB FUNCTIONS
Meet with application owners, application developers and analysts, coding staff and the like to determine business needs and functionalities desired for new or revised application.

Plan course of projects, including milestones, resources needed in the form of staff hours, budget, use of technology and tools and document in project plan, following established project management methodology.

Track course of project from meetings, conferring with developers, and receiving reports. Update project plan as needed. Document changes to scope or functionalities with change ticket, project plan, or other format.

Assess compliance of development process with accepted methodology and communicate to responsible managers or staff. Document exceptions or deviations as needed. Convene meetings and plan agenda to ensure important issues are aired and resolved.

Report on progress of project, use of staff, $ expenditures, progress on milestones and the like to application owners.

Provide guidance to project staff. May plan, document, manage and evaluate staff performance, or contribute to evaluation by their managers.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• 5 years of related experience

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Manage daily activities related to project scope, budget and schedule to advance the work of one or more sub-projects.


• Establish schedules and priorities. Facilitate decision-making on scope, budget and schedule revisions.


• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify, manage project risks.


• Ensures appropriate level of communication across project teams and senior management.


• Manage daily/weekly project communication and status reporting.

EMPLOYMENT

As a condition of employment with Fannie Mae, any successful job applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and to successfully complete a background investigation, which may also include a credit check for positions in some areas of our business.

Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer.